Hi All, I am looking for information regarding the following: I am descended from Yancy C. Coker (dates unknown) who married Sara Ann Brashiers (dates unknown). Sara Ann Brashier is descended from Hiram Brashiers who founded Brashiers Chapel near Arab, Alabama. I have information that Yance C.Coker was in the Civil War (6th S. C. Calvary, Co. "E" and is buried in Brashiers Chapel Cemetery in Arab, Alabama. Yance C. Coker and Sarah Ann [Brashiers] had the following children: Martha Ann Coker b. Sept. 28, 1853 in S. C. [m. Albert Homer Ridgway Nov.8, 1871] d. Nov. 4, 1936 and is buried in Ridgway Cemetery, Marshall Co. Ala. Mary Coker [no further info] J. W. Coker [no further info.] Sinquefield Coker [no further info.] Any help you could give me on any of this would be greatly appreciated. Norene
Heres what I have on Yancy Coker & family. 1. YANCY JOHN10 COKER (HARPER9, ROBERT SR.8, JOHN JR.7, JOHN SR.6, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, THOMAS1) was born January 8, 1832 in Greenville Co., SC., and died July 29, 1906 in Arab, Marshall County, AL.. He married (1) SARAH ANN 'BRASHEAR' COKER. She was born 1834 in SOUTH CAROLINA. He married (2) SARAH ANN BRASHIER 1851 in Greenville, Laurens County, S. C.. She was born September 1834 in Greenville, Laurens County, SC., and died December 30, 1900 in Arab, Marshall County, AL.. Child of YANCY COKER and SARAH COKER is: i. JAMES C.11 COKER, b. January 28, 1860, South Carolina; d. Uvalde Co., TX.; m. (1) ANNE ?? COKER; b. Bef. 1850; m. (2) SARAH E. MAIDEN? COKER, 1889, TEXAS; b. 1860, MISSISSIPPI; d. Uvalde Co., TX.. Children of YANCY COKER and SARAH BRASHIER are: ii. MARTHA AMELIA11 COKER, b. September 28, 1853, SOUTH CAROLINA; d. November 4, 1936, Marshall Co., AL.; m. (1) ALBERT HOMER RIDGWAY, November 8, 1871, ALABAMA; m. (2) N. NABORS, November 19, 1872. iii. IRENE PARILEE COKER, b. 1856. 2. iv. WILLIAM ROBERT COKER, b. October 1857, SOUTH CAROLINA; d. February 7, 1934, Marshall Co., AL.. v. JAMES C. H? COKER, b. January 28, 1860, South Carolina; d. WFT Est. 1861-1950; m. LILLIE MAIDEN? COKER, 1887; b. 1861, Alabama. 3. vi. JOHN HELLAMS MCSWAIN COKER, b. January 1863, Marshall, AL.; d. December 31, 1948, Marshall, AL.. 4. vii. DAVID HARPER COKER, b. May 25, 1865, Laurens Co., SC.; d. November 29, 1941, Piedmont, AL.. 5. viii. LUCIOUS LESTER COKER, b. March 30, 1869, Arab, Marshall County, AL.; d. February 13, 1936, Dalton, Whitfield County, GA.. ix. IDA MAHALIA COKER, b. June 1876, Alabama; d. WFT Est. 1874-1967; m. STONEWALL JACKSON BOYLES. 6. x. DR. DOCTOR DOCTOR LEE COKER, b. October 1875, ALABAMA; d. February 26, 1930, ALABAMA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "norene" <norenew@yucca.net> To: <COKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 4:37 PM Subject: [Coker] Coker/ Brashiers genealogy > Hi All, > I am looking for information regarding the following: > I am descended from Yancy C. Coker (dates unknown) who married Sara > Ann Brashiers (dates unknown). Sara Ann Brashier is descended from Hiram > Brashiers who founded Brashiers Chapel near Arab, Alabama. > I have information that Yance C.Coker was in the Civil War (6th S. C. > Calvary, Co. "E" and is buried in Brashiers Chapel Cemetery in Arab, > Alabama. > Yance C. Coker and Sarah Ann [Brashiers] had the following children: > Martha Ann Coker b. Sept. 28, 1853 in S. C. [m. Albert Homer Ridgway > Nov.8, 1871] > d. Nov. 4, 1936 and is buried in Ridgway > Cemetery, Marshall Co. Ala. > Mary Coker [no further info] > J. W. Coker [no further info.] > Sinquefield Coker [no further info.] > Any help you could give me on any of this would be greatly appreciated. > Norene > > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > Subscription management instructions are posted at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/coker.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >